Opinions on hypertension care and therapy adherence at the healthcare provider and healthcare system level: a qualitative study in the Hague, Netherlands by Mattijs E Numans, Michiel L Bots, Sytske van Bruggen, Hedwig M M Vos, Rimke C Vos, Guy Rutten, Saskia E van Grondelle, Judith Meijer, Erik van Duin

“…Barriers were related to time, interdisciplinary collaboration, technical and financial issues, availability of blood pressure devices and education of people with hypertension.Conclusions This study highlighted a need for better collaboration between primary and secondary care, for more team-based care including pharmacists and social workers, tools to improve interpersonal skills and more time for patient–healthcare provider communication.…”
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Voluntary information and price sharing database – a scoping review of the pricing and procurement landscape across eight Commonwealth Member States by Bridget Kebirungi, Phyllis Ocran, Nduta Kamere, Lynette Keneilwe Mabote, Ngozi Osi, Meghna Joshi-von Heyden, Emily Gilmour, Janneth Mghamba, Layne Robinson, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Helena Rosado, Victoria Rutter

“…Background The Commonwealth Health Ministers’ meetings (2021–2023) identified medicines shortages, pricing, and price transparency as critical issues. This led to the establishment of the Voluntary Information and Price Sharing Database (VIPSD) in 2021, aimed at enhancing procurement transparency, reducing costs, and sharing information on health products amongst member states. …”
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Biochemical and Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal Key Salinity and Alkalinity Stress Response and Tolerance Pathways in <i>Salix linearistipularis</i> Inoculated with <i>Trichoderma</... by Zhouqing Han, Lili Chen, Wenyi Wang, Xueting Guan, Junjie Song, Shurong Ma

“…Soil salinization and alkalinization are pervasive environmental issues that severely restrict plant growth and crop yield. …”
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Optimization Strategy for Underwater Target Recognition Based on Multi-Domain Feature Fusion and Deep Learning by Yanyang Lu, Lichao Ding, Ming Chen, Danping Shi, Guohao Xie, Yuxin Zhang, Hongyan Jiang, Zhe Chen

“…Underwater sonar target recognition is crucial in fields such as national defense, navigation, and environmental monitoring. However, it faces issues such as the complex characteristics of ship-radiated noise, imbalanced data distribution, non-stationarity, and bottlenecks of existing technologies. …”
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A digital twin model of urban utility tunnels and its application [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Wu Jiansong, Hu Yanzhu, Fan chen, Cai Jitao, Fu Ming, Wang Xin, Zou Xiaofu

“…In the era of digitalization, how to better model the operation of a utility tunnel, dynamically predict the accident evolutions, and support corresponding decision-makings are essential issues. Methods In this study, a CFD-based digital twin framework for accidents in utility tunnels is proposed. …”
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Reliability analysis based on cascaded-Foster thermal networks for systems-in-package (SiP) by Djallel Eddine Touati, Aziz Oukaira, Mohamed Ali, Ahmad Hassan, Yvon Savaria, Ahmed Lakhssassi

“…By identifying the dominant failure mechanism in each layer, the method supports early-stage design decisions to mitigate potential reliability issues. The reliability estimation process involves selecting the mechanism with the shortest predicted lifespan for each layer and constructing the overall reliability curve using a series configuration of the reliability block diagram. …”
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Benefits and challenges of asynchronous telemedicine in obtaining a second opinion: a qualitative interview study by Edmund Neugebauer, Felix Muehlensiepen, Dunja Bruch, Susann May, Nadja Könsgen, Jan-Christoph Loh, Sebastian von Peter, Johannes Maximilian Albes

“…Key factors for success include a clear medical question, a well-organised process with good customer support, comprehensive and individualised information, and patient readiness (technical skills, internet access and the ability to articulate symptoms in writing). …”
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Pothole detection and segmentation in the Bushveld Complex using physics-based data augmentation and deep learning by Glen T. Nwaila, Musa S.D. Manzi, Emmanuel John M. Carranza, Raymond J. Durrheim, Hartwig E. Frimmel

“…However, potholes are of scientific value as they are proxies of magma chamber processes that are not directly observable. Unfortunately, it is seldom possible to map the full 3D geometry of potholes directly. …”
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DETERMINANTS IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION by Yulia Strilchuk, Iryna Krasnova, Serhiy Khodakevich, Ievgen Metsger, Artur Stryzhak, Andriy Dubas

“…The era of digital technologies creates new approaches to solving available issues and challenges. New normality requires defining global determinants of sustainable development and creating new tools for achieving its goals. …”
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Descriptive analysis of the national drug adverse events (AEs) database in Lebanon by Rita Karam, Sarah Reda El Sayed, Aya Ibrahim, Joya-Maria Karam, Souheil Hallit, Abeer Zeitoun

“…Background Adverse Events (AE) including both Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) and Medication Errors (MEs) are worldwide health issues tackled by Pharmacovigilance (PV) systems. …”
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SURGICAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING NEW TECHNIQUE APPLICATION OF DUODENAL STUMP FORMATION IN GASTRIC CANCER PATIENTS by D. A. Valyakis, A. G. Baryshev, N. V. Khachaturyan, M. V. Bodnya, V. A. Porhanov

“…In 21.6–70.4% cases surgeons meet technical issues while forming duodenal stump when pathological process is closely located. …”
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Integration of Photovoltaic Systems With Hydrogen Production: A Review of Current Technologies and Future Perspective by Mourad Yessef, Youness Hakam, Mohamed Tabaa, Shaik Mohammad Irshad, Z. M. S. El-Barbary

“…It is essential to tackle these issues with creative system designs and control methodologies to facilitate the wider deployment of PV-hydrogen systems, thereby considerably aiding global decarbonization efforts.…”
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Optimising fatigue, abdominal pain and faecal incontinence in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD-BOOST Optimise): feasibility study of a checklist and algorithm for initia... by Thomas Hamborg, John McLaughlin, Ailsa Hart, Christine Norton, Sonia Bouri, Laura Miller, Jean-Frédéric LeBlanc, Asma Fikree, Imogen Stagg, Fionn Cléirigh Büttner

“…Nurses endorsed ease and utility of the implementation process. Optimise now needs clinical effectiveness to be assessed.…”
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Assessing and serving families and communities responsibly: challenges posed in an urban, marginalised setting by Charlotte Engelbrecht, Madhubala I. Kasiram

“…In designing a community family therapy model, the state-of-the-art review of community needs established several core issues requiring services/interventions. These were problems relating to HIV/AIDS; a lack of knowledge of the immunisation programme in South Africa and of the Road to Health chart; teenage pregnancy and its relationship to risky behaviours, HIV/AIDS, poverty and crime; and a lack of communication within the family. …”
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Assessment of satisfaction level of community-based health insurance and associated factors among households in Akaki Kality subcity, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study... by Kedir Hussein Abegaz, Trhas Tadesse Berhe, Alachew Wondie Tamrat, Habtewold Mulat, Natinael Muluneh, Getachew Weldeyohanes Tedla

“…Measures should include enhancing medication and laboratory test accessibility and reinforcing CBHI management and regulatory processes through increased manpower and improved monthly income level.…”
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A retrospective analysis of the incidence and risk factors for amniotic fluid embolism in cesarean deliveries by Xianghua Cao, Qiangjun Gui, Haoran Yan, Yujiao Wei, Xiaoling Chen, Deng Liang, Xueping Li, Jian Wang, Bingsha Chen

“…Abstract Background Amniotic-fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare occurrence but life-threatening disease that can occur in process of delivery and postnatal women. The topic of cesarean section surgery and its associated risk factors has been neglected due to the infrequent occurrence of AFE. …”
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TERRITORIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF INCOMES ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION by M. V. Moroshkina

“…During this period - the period of rising prices - we see the process of budgetary funds redistribution, which increases the income of the population employed in public-sector organizations. …”
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Gamified Digital Mental Health Interventions for Young People: Scoping Review of Ethical Aspects During Development and Implementation by Wanda Spahl, Valeria Motta, Kate Woodcock, Giovanni Rubeis

“…Through providing concrete examples of how mental health researchers and game designers thus far have addressed and mitigated ethical challenges in specific interventions, this review illustrates how ethical issues do or do not prompt diverse reflections, mitigation strategies, and actions. …”
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COMPETENCE APPROACH TO THE TRAINING OF TOURISM SPECIALISTS TO OPERATE IN A STATE OF CRISIS by Kozhushko Svitlana, Boyko Lubov

“…Some of the methods of the educational process intensification that guarantee the effectiveness of theoretical and practical training are disclosed. …”
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Exploring current approaches towards patient prioritisation for clinical pharmacy services in UK mental health inpatient care by Fatima Q. Alshaikhmubarak, Richard N. Keers, Petra Brown, Penny J. Lewis

“…Prioritisation criteria included some high-risk medicines (e.g. lithium), issues related to mental health legislation, and patient related factors such as swallowing difficulties. …”
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